28 August, 2021 | Auckland District Health Board, Auckland District Health Board, Featured, Featured Post
We need our anchor public institutions to work well at times like these. Fortunately, they are willing and able to do so – even without the recognition they deserve, writes Peter Davis, an elected member of the Auckland District Health Board.
29 July, 2021 | Featured, Featured Post, Local Issues
www.stopthechop.co.nz City Vision supports the Tree Council’s campaign asking the government to re-introduce blanket tree protection. Please sign their petition and fill out their submission form – it’s easy to do and the deadline is Wednesday Aug...
28 July, 2021 | Featured, Featured Post, Waitematā & Gulf Ward, Waitematā and Gulf ward
This report shows how busy our Waitematā and Gulf Councillor, Pippa Coom is.
26 July, 2021 | Featured, Featured Post, Local Issues, News, Our Projects
City Vision councillors and local board members work hard to create meaningful improvements to Auckland urban nagahere.
28 June, 2021 | Featured, Featured Post, Local Issues, Waitematā Local Board, Waitematā Local Board
Waitematā Local Board deputy chair, Alex Bonham wrote this excellent article about making central Auckland more child-friendly. In it she reviews a new book by Tim Gill, a Design Council Ambassador in the UK, and advisor to local and central government on urban...
9 June, 2021 | Albert-Eden Local Board, Cathy Casey, Featured Post, News
(from Our Auckland 8 June 2021) A prominent pōhutukawa that could have been at risk after being omitted from the Notable Trees Schedule in error, will now be protected after a proposal to amend the schedule was approved by Auckland Council’s Planning Committee. The...
22 May, 2021 | Albert-Eden Local Board, Bernadette Power, Featured Post, News
Bad news. Unfortunately Bernadette missed out by just 24 votes! What if we’d just door-knocked another street? Or rung those other mates to remind them to vote… It wasn’t to be, but it shows how every vote counts. A good reminder for the local body...
18 May, 2021 | Albert-Eden Local Board, Featured Post, News, Waitemata Local Board
A big day for City Vision today – a dawn blessing for the new Community Recycling and Education Centre in central Auckland with Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei. This is a City Vision project, and our members on Albert-Eden and Waitematā Local Boards have made it happen....
13 May, 2021 | Cathy Casey, Featured Post, Local Government, News
Kate Sheppard would be horrified to learn that women in New Zealand – the country that first gave women the vote – are still grossly underrepresented in the ranks of elected councillors in local government and very few hold leadership roles.
13 May, 2021 | Albert-Eden Local Board, Featured Post, News, Waitemata Local Board
The City Vision-led Albert-Eden Local Board, Waitematā Local Board and Ward Councillors are pleased that Auckland Transport has relented and agreed to our request to provide for a second (western) entrance to the new Maungawhau rail station. While the new station,...
